Protector for surgical operations



Jan. 24, 1 933. a. E. PICKETT PROTECTOR FQR SURGICAL OPERATIONS FiledOct. 24, 1931 ,ZiEP-icieZZ Patented Jan. 24, 1933 UNITED STATES BRITTONE. PICKETT OF CABRIZO SI RING S, TEXAS rno'rno'ron ron SURGICALOPERATIONS,

Application filed October 24, 1931. 1 serial No. stasis;

The general object of this invention is to provide a protector of suchcharacter that it 10 may be readily applied and readily removed,

which will be loose and comfortable, and particularly which will protector shield all portions of the body below the waist without in any wayinterfering with proper surgical 15 treatment or examination.

A further object is to provide a protector of this character which is inthe form of a square or diaper, which may be readily washed and renderedhygienic.

Other objects will appear in the course of the following description.

My invention is illustrated in the accompanying drawing, wherein Figurelis a plan View of my protector;

Figure 2 is a front elevation of the protector folded as it will .be inposition 011 the body of a patient.

Referring to the drawing, particularly Figure 1, it will be seen thatthis improved 3O protector roughly has the form of a hexagon orsix-sided sheet, this sheet being designated generally 10. This sheetmay be made of muslin, cotton, linen or any other suitable material. Theopposite straight edges 11 35 and 12 of this sheet are provided at theends of the straight edges with the tapes 13 designed to be tied atopposite sides of the waist. posed, as shown in Figure 2, so as toprovide 40 a portion A disposed at the rear of the body and a portion Bdisposed over the front of the body. On the two edges of the protectorwhich extend down from the upper edge 11 as shown in Figure 2 so thatthe portion B is over the front of the abdomen and the portion A overthe rear of the abdomen, two leg When so tied, the protector is dis--openings C will .be provided on each sideand the tapes 15 will beengaged with the tapes '14 over'the legs of the patient in the mannershown in Figure 2. V i V At approximately the middle of the sheet 10 larelatively large opening 16 is formed which constitutes an observationand operatmg opening, this opening being o f lany suit able size andlarge enough to permitfree access to the parts. This opening is so dis-.99 posed that when the protectoris "foldedas shown in Figure 2,. thegreater portion of the opening will be in the portion B and a relativelysmall. portion ofthe opening will extend upward on-the portion A.

While I do not wish to be limited to this, preferably. the middleportion of the sheet I fromthe edge 11 to the edge 12 will be formed ofone strip or width of fabric 17 stitched to the side pieces 18 bystitching 19. Ob- 1. viously I do not wish to be-limited to thisconstruction except as defined in the appended claims. The edges of thissheet are hemmed and the edge of the opening 16is hemmed.

It will be seen that this device provides a relatively loose coveringfor the lower portion of the patients body except as to the parts underobservation or treatment and that it is very easy to put on or take off,it is :39 loose and comfortable and permits free movement of thepatients-legs in any direction and that if necessary it is an easymatter to detach the tapes on one side or the other of the sheet so asto uncover the patients body and that it permits the ready insertion ofthe physicianshands through the openings on each side of the legs, ifnecessary.

I claim 1. A protector for use in abdominal operations of the characterdescribed, consisting of a hexagonal sheet of fabric adapted to befolded transversely beneath the crotch of a patient, thev forward andrear edges of the; sheet being shorter than the lateral edges of 19 thesheet, the lateral portions of the sheet being approximately triangular,the sheet being formed with an approximately central observation andoperating opening and having tapes at its corners whereby when folded itmay be attached around the Waist of a patient, the sheet when foldedtransversely providing laterally disposed leg openings and the lateraledges of the sheet having coacting tapes adapted to extend over the' legopenings, the sheet being formed of a medial breadth of fabric extendingfrom one end of the sheet to the other and of two lateral pieces offabric stitched to the first 7 10 named breadth.

2. A protector for'usein abdominal opera-- tions of the characterdescribed, consisting of V a hexagonal sheet of fabric adapted to befolded transversely beneath the crotch of a patient, the forward andrear edges of the sheet being shorter than the lateral edges ofthesheet, the lateral portions ofthe sheet being approximatelytriangular, the sheet being formed With an approximately centralobservation and operating opening and havingtapes at its corners wherebywhen folded it may be attached around the Waist of a patient, the sheetwhen folded transversely providinglaterally disposed legopenings and thelateral edges of the sheethaving coacting tapes adapted to extend overthe leg openings. 7

In 'testirnonywhereof I hereunto afiix my signature. 3o BRITTON E.PICKETT.

